充
부수: 儿
획수: 6획
充 has the meanings ample and to fill up.
充 = 𠫓 + 儿
X = semantic + semantic
Interpretations of 充 vary. Contrary to this breakdown, some scholars see it as being a single form (充).
• 𠫓 depicts an upside-down baby (coming out at birth) and means ‘to give birth’.
• 儿 depicts a side view of a person and ‘person’.
Most scholars take 充 as meaning ‘a child growing into an adult’. This extends to mean ‘fill up’ and thus ‘satisfy’.
Evolution:
充 = ample (more than enough) ➔ to fill up (to make enough)
Mnemonic
Understand how 𠫓 possibly depicts an upside-down baby 子. Imagine a newborn 𠫓 prince who has to grow up and become a great king like his father. That is, he has big shoes 儿 to fill.
Vocab
| (more than enough) | ||
| 充分히 | 충분히 | enough; fully; adequate |
| 充足 | 충족 | adequate; sufficient |
| 充滿 | 충만 | abundance; being filled |
| 充溢 | 충일 | exuberance; overflow |
| 充實 | 충실 | being solid/substantial; healthy body |
| (to make enough) | ||
| 充電 | 충전 | recharge |
| 充員 | 충원 | reinforcements (personnel) |
| 補充 | 보충 | supplement; replenishment |
| 充當 | 충당 | replenishment; meet a demand |
| 擴充 | 확충 | increase; expansion |
| 肺充血 | 폐충혈 | pneumonia |
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Bibliography
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 充].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 208]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 充, 𠫓, 儿].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 1461]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.